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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
And I wouldn't be bothered by the Pledge if it was organic. No one is taking it out of the history books -- the problem is that the government is telling people to say it. It kinda seems unamerican, actually.
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By that do you mean if children were asked to recite portions of the Declaration of Independence, say the part about being endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, it would be okay?
What's particularly troubling to me is that the words "under God" were added after the original creation of the pledge, which suggest they are wholly unnecessary to the purpose of the pledge, which they are. Same with "In God we Trust" on coins.
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